Plainsman

Intro: 
C    Am7    G    F 



[Verso 1]
 
        C 
You can take him off the plains but the plains live in him 
       Am7 
Like a moccasin sittin' with his river-bend venom 
G                                         F 
Gets into your blood and remains 'til you die 
 


[Verso 2]
 
        C 
You can call him off the mountain but the mountain stays callin' 
Am7 
Call him on his bluff but he's always all in 
G                                      F 
Killin' coyotes, know a country boy survive 
 


[Refrão]
 
         C 
So where would you go when you need someone honest? 
     Am7 
What would you wish if you only had a comet? 
      G                                  F 
Would you understand, beauty of a barren land? 
      Am             G        F               C 
If it wasn't for the hometown home now, plainsman 
 

Interlude: 
C     Am7     G     F 



[Verso 3]
 
        C 
You can take him off the river but the rivers stays flowin' 
Am7 
Take him off the hook but the flier stays floatin' 
G                                                       F 
Have a trout jumpin' out, askin' where hold old friends been 
 


[Verso 4]
 
        C 
You can take him off the saw but the saw stays cuttin' 
        Am7 
You can take him off the hammer but the frame needs buttin' 
G                                          F 
Worker's hands bloody, still come back for more 
 


[Refrão]
 
      C 
Now I hear you go, cut out, runnin' 
Am7 
Bet you know doubled or nothin' 
       G                                              F 
You'll never find the beauty that'll beat this barren land 
    Am               G        F                  C 
Or another like your hometown home now, plainsman 
 

Interlude: 
C     Am7     G     F 



[Verso 5]
 
C                          G 
Honeysuckle choking out an old fence row 
Am                   F 
Hardwood yellow of a bodaark post 
C                       G                      F 
Feelin' that you got it right when you had the chance 
 


[Verso 6]
 
C                       G 
She ain't gone if I can sit here with her 
  Am                           F 
I feel her on the water with a cold chill shiver 
C                          G             F 
Lorrie lit a cigarette and I just headed home 
 


[Refrão]
 
         C 
So where would you go when you need someone honest? 
     Am 
What would you wish if you only had a comet? 
      G                                  F 
Would you understand, beauty of a barren land? 
      Am             G        F         C 
If it wasn't for the hometown home now, plains man 

Instrumental:
C    Am     G    F 
C    Am     G    F 



[Refrão]
 
      C 
Where would you go when you need someone honest? 
     Am 
What would you wish if you only had a comet? 
      G                                  F 
Would you understand, beauty of a barren land? 
      Am             G        F         N.C. 
If it wasn't for the hometown home now, plains man